Hewa Rahimpur is given 11 years for heading a gang that brought 10,000 people to the UK in small boats.
Hewa Rahimpur's arrest in 2022 led to a police operation against his gang in several European countriesA man has been sentenced in Belgium to 11 years in jail for heading one of the most significant human trafficking gangs involved in smuggling people across the English Channel.
He was in charge of a gang that sourced boats, engines and life-jackets for migrant crossings. They procured the material from Turkey and China and transported it to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is believed that Rahimpur's gang was responsible for nearly 10% of crossings to the UK in a 12 to 18-month period.
"From this exchange you can tell these people are really pushing because otherwise they make less money." His arrest was part of a co-ordinated investigation carried out by police in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. People-smuggling networks are becoming very well organised and much harder for the authorities to pin down.
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